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The Wedding Dress

Remembering when my Mother let me try on her wedding dress

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Comment from flamingstar
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Ahh, the excitement you must have felt (in the first stanza) as you got ready for The Day, and the dress slid over your head. Congratulations!

 Comment Written 07-Oct-2014

Comment from Mark Valentine
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I missed this one somehow. Congrats on the cocntest win and the other well-deserved accolades this brtilliant piece garnered. What a beautifully-told poignant memory. You paint that Christmas Eve picture so well, I can see it - how sweet. The last stanza is wonderful - love the idea of passing on, not just things, but experiences, stories, and memories to future generations as a way of keeping past generatons alive.

You're on a roll - keep 'em coming.

 Comment Written 07-Oct-2014

Comment from nancyjam
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I love this poem. Beautifully told story -
a memory through generations - treasured now
in this lovely poem full of treasured images.
Congratulations on your win. Well deserved.

 Comment Written 07-Oct-2014

Comment from Cajungirl
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what a beautiful story/poem. How special, how very special. What wonderful memories and dress which is still making memories after so long. Congratulations on your contest win. This is excellent.

 Comment Written 07-Oct-2014

Comment from amada
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Totally absorbing these lines "There I stood in my Mother's wedding dress.
It was burgundy
with a lace collar
and crystal buttons." I can see it in my eyes. Lovely.

 Comment Written 06-Oct-2014

Comment from Wendyanne
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What a wonderful tale Loanna! I wish I had an old dress belonging to my mother especially her wedding dress, sigh....Well done on your win.

 Comment Written 06-Oct-2014

Comment from honeytree
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I loved the art work for these words

what a beautiful wedding dress.

How wonderful to be able to wear a mother's wedding dress.

honey tree

 Comment Written 06-Oct-2014

Comment from Jackarrie
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This is a lovely story told in free verse about your mothers wedding dress. I can see how it is your prized possession. It looks beautiful with the old lace adorning it. A very unusual color for a wedding dress.

Well written
good luck in the contest.
Mary

 Comment Written 06-Oct-2014

Comment from Charlene0513
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Memories such as these are once in a lifetime as many mother's have tossed theirs to the "Used/Sale" store or even to the Salvation Army. And then again, this new generation just can't be bothered with the old and want brand new gowns.
Charlene

 Comment Written 06-Oct-2014

Comment from patcelaw
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What a lovely memory of how a prized possession was handed down from generation to generation. My most valued possession is not material, it is passing down a life value to my daughters and them passing to their daughter, I hope the value will be passed next to my great grand daughter as she gets old enough to understand the meaning.

 Comment Written 05-Oct-2014